LICENSE.txt

“Nokia Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) License
                                             Version 1.0

Copyright (c) 2019, Nokia Technologies Ltd.
All rights reserved.

Definitions.
Specification means a draft or final version of the ISO/IEC (the International Organization
for Standardization / the International Electrotechnical Commission) International Standard
23090-5 "Video-based Point Cloud Compression".

Software means any source code, object code or binary files provided by Nokia excluding THIRD
PARTY MATERIALS that, when used, fully or partly, generates files complying with the
Specification and/or read files complying with the Specification.

Licensed Field means the non-commercial purposes of evaluation, testing and academic research
in each non-commercial case to use, run, modify (in a way that still complies with the
Specification) and copy the Software to read and/or playback a set of files complying with the 
Specification, resulting into one or more encoded point clouds included in the files as outputs. 
No right or license, express or implied, is granted to any part of the Software except and solely to 
the extent as expressly set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no licenses, express or implied, 
under any patent rights of Nokia are granted herein. You agree not to remove any copyright notices 
included in the Software. The Software may be subject to other third party rights

License Grant.
Nokia Technologies Ltd (“Nokia”) hereby grants to you a non-sub licensable, perpetual, worldwide,
non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this license) license,
under its copyrights only to the Software within the Licensed Field. 

Termination.
If you, directly, or indirectly via a controlled affiliate or subsidiary, agent, or exclusive
licensee, file a Claim (as defined below) of patent infringement against any entity alleging
that the Software in whole or in part constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement,
or inducement of patent infringement (a “Claim”), provided that the Software also allegedly
infringes the patents asserted in the Claim, then this license, including any patent and other
rights granted to you under this license, shall automatically terminate retroactively as of the
date you first received the license grant.

No Warranty.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY NOKIA AND ITS AFFILIATES "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL NOKIA OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.”